Genome structure of the genus Azospirillum

Authors
Martin-Didonet, CCG Chubatsu, LS Souza, EM Kleina, M Rego, FGM Rigo, LU Yates, MG Pedrosa, FO
Citation
Ccg. Martin-didonet et al., Genome structure of the genus Azospirillum, J BACT, 182(14), 2000, pp. 4113-4116
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00219193 → ACNP
Volume
182
Issue
14
Year of publication
2000
Pages
4113 - 4116
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9193(200007)182:14<4113:GSOTGA>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Azospirillum species are plant-associated diazotrophs of the alpha subclass of Proteobacteria. The genomes of five of the six Azospirillum species wer e analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. All strains possessed sever al megareplicons, some probably linear, and 16S ribosomal DNA hybridization indicated multiple chromosomes in genomes ranging in size from 4.8 to 9.7 Mbp. The nifHDK operon was identified in the largest replicon.